fiction

Susie, her daughter, Clara, and her granddaughter, Susan, all house slaves born and raised at the Virginia plantation of President James Madison, enter a period of constant peril when the plantation falls to a series of owners, one of whom sells Susan to a Richmond businessman.

Draws from accounts by Nez Perce storytellers to relate the events of 1805 and 1806 when members of the Lewis and Clark expedition first encountered the tribe in northern Idaho.

The first of Robert Graves's two-part account of the life of Roman Emperor Tiberius Claudius, written in the form of Claudius's autobiography, covering the years from his early childhood through his election as Emperor in 41 A.D.

A narrative of the life of Alexander the Great from the age of twenty-six until his death seven years later.

Brings to life the spirited story of Grace O'Malley, an Irish chieftan who struggled to survive the attacks of Elizabeth I of England.

A reprint of the 1957 novel which presents a fictionalized account of the life of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, wife of the famous Civil War general.

A fictional account of the rivalry and enmity between Queen Elizabeth I of England and the beautiful Lettice Devereux.